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Item 1 of 9
expired Posted by AD211 • Nov 5, 2021
Nov 5, 2021 10:46 PM
AMD Ryzen 7 AM4 Processor: 5700G 3.8GHz 8-Core $280, 5600G 3.9GHz 6-Core
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Plus your energy bill will go up and you'll need a room a/c to be able to survive while playing anything…
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That 5700G looks nice as an upgrade to my 3600. Same TDP, comes with a heatsink+fan, 8 cores and zen 3 still. Nice for my audio workstation application.
https://www.tomshardware.com/revi...g-review/3 [tomshardware.com]
If you have 1060+ GPU I would choose 5600x
For those considering the 5800x (which is 300$US), the 5700G is a tad slower, but you save a bit of money, as the 5700G comes with a cooler and the 5800x does not. If you planned to buy a cooler anyway and have a dedicated video card, then might as well go with the 5800x.
The reason the prices are crashing is because the 12th Gen Intel CPUs just released and it's ideal to buy an intel CPU in many of the price tiers now if you're building a new computer. The 12600K is significantly faster than the 5800x and DDR5 is optional.
For those considering the 5800x (which is 300$US), the 5700G is a tad slower, but you save a bit of money, as the 5700G comes with a cooler and the 5800x does not. If you planned to buy a cooler anyway and have a dedicated video card, then might as well go with the 5800x.
The reason the prices are crashing is because the 12th Gen Intel CPUs just released and it's ideal to buy an intel CPU in many of the price tiers now if you're building a new computer. The 12600K is significantly faster than the 5800x and DDR5 is optional.
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Got the 2 year insurance for $20 and i can give it back for my $200 to go in for an upgrade. I didn't know microcenter did this. It reminds me of phone carriers trade-in deals. Except this is for CPUs and you get the whole price you paid towards your upgrade.. granted it cost $20 and hopefully it doesn't go up in value and worth more to sell as third party within the next 2 years.
Im upgrading from a 2700x. Downgrading from 8 core to 6 core but around a 20% more efficient core speed, w/$20(2 year) full-refund warranty with microcenter at checkout for $235 OTD.
So, I'm thinking next year I can turn my 5600g in next Black Friday.. for the $200 towards a newer more future proof generation of ryzen cpu that everyone's talking about. Hmmm..
There's simply no way a 10nm Intel CPU with a 125w tdp is going to perform as efficiently as a 7nm AMD CPU with 65w tdp rating (tdp ratings in general are a bit of a joke but that's another discussion...).
Intel chips DO idle fairly decently but under any load they jump significantly. Under PL2 (turbo) mode can easily double or near triple their power consumption.
https://www.guru3d.com/articles_p...iew,5.html [guru3d.com]
Take a peek at the AM4 chipsets [wikipedia.org] and see if anything is important to you that sticks out. You'll likely want the 500 line, probably b550. You can probably find many guides comparing the chipsets [build-gaming-computers.com] out there. After you decided what chipset to go, you can probably find guides comparing motherboards for that specific chipset [anandtech.com]. Then peek at the different boards of that type, and see which ones have what you need.
It may be cheaper and possible to use a b450 board, but you may get into an odd situation where the BIOS isn't updated enough, and won't boot with your CPU. Probably not worth saving the money on that.
Take a peek at the AM4 chipsets [wikipedia.org] and see if anything is important to you that sticks out. You'll likely want the 500 line, probably b550. You can probably find many guides comparing the chipsets [build-gaming-computers.com] out there. After you decided what chipset to go, you can probably find guides comparing motherboards for that specific chipset [anandtech.com]. Then peek at the different boards of that type, and see which ones have what you need.
It may be cheaper and possible to use a b450 board, but you may get into an odd situation where the BIOS isn't updated enough, and won't boot with your CPU. Probably not worth saving the money on that.
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